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1. freshman n. [C] (pl. freshmen) a student in the
first year of high school or college
高一/大一生
Debra started college this year. She is excited
that she is now a freshman.
Greg and Jody met in their freshman year at
college and married soon after they graduated.
cp. sophomore
junior
senior
2. perfect adj. not having any faults, weak points,
problems, or mistakes 完美的
The singer’s perfect performance in her
concert impressed the audience very much.
The car is five years old but is still in perfect
condition.
I wanted to look perfect on the first day.
perfection n. [U] 完美
To be very good at one of the arts is possible,
but to achieve perfection in an
art might take a lifetime.
cp. perfectionist
3. mean adj. not kind, bad-hearted 惡意的
Don’t be mean to your little brother. You
should protect him instead of making fun of
him. (=cruel)
That’s a mean-looking dog/ man.
4. alien n. [C] a being from another world 外星人
Some people believe that aliens long ago
visited the Earth and helped build the pyramids
in Egypt.
an illegal alien—not a citizen of the country in
which they live or work
5. land vt. to make a plane come safely down
onto the ground at the end of a flight 使降落
Both engines failed shortly after take-off, but
the pilot successfully landed the plane on the
Hudson River. Cp. land a job (=get)
land vi. 著陸 All the passengers were asked to
remain seated and keep their seat belts fastened
when the plane was to land.
A fly landed on his nose.
land n. [U] 土地 Mr. Lin
bought a piece of land in the countryside. He
wants to build a house there after he retires.
6. ruin vt. to destroy sth completely 破壞
The unexpected rain ruined our picnic; we
went home wet and hungry.//Her injury ruined
her chances of winning the race.
ruin n. [U] 毀滅
Unwise investment in the stock market led to
the ruin of John; he was left penniless.
ruin n. [C] (usu. pl.) 建築物的）斷垣殘壁; 遺址
You can see many ancient ruins
in and around the city of Rome.
//The town was/ lay in ruins
after years of bombing.
7. embarrassed adj. feeling nervous/ uncomfortable
because of sth one did, esp. in front of others
感到難為情的 embarrassing adj.令人難為情的
Jim was greatly embarrassed when he realized
he had forgotten to zip up his pants.
embarrass vt. 使不好意思 Don’t bring
your son to the library, or he will
embarrass you by making a lot of noise.
embarrassment n. [U] 難堪 Joe suffered the
embarrassment of being the only student to
fail the test.//It was an embarrassing situation.
I didn’t have the money to pay for the meal.
8. skip vt. (skip; skipped; skipped; skipping) not
to do/ deal with what one usually does/
should do 不做（本來常做或應該做的事）
Hank was so busy trying to finish his
homework that he skipped lunch/ class.
skip vt. vi. 略過 When I read, I usually skip
the boring sections and read the interesting
ones first.//The professor skipped from the
introduction to the second chapter.
The girl was skipping down the
path. (=make a small jump)
9. depressing adj. making one feel very sad
使人沮喪的 depressed adj.(本人感) 沮喪的
It is depressing that I still cannot solve this
math problem even after trying for an hour.
depress vt. 使……沮喪 The failed experiment did
not depress the scientist; he began to devise a ne
experiment right away in his search for an answ
depression n. [U] 沮喪 If you suffer from depress
for more than two weeks, you’d better turn to a
doctor for help.// Linda was
depressed because her mother did
not approve of her plan to study music.
10. fortunately adv. happening because of good
luck 幸運地
I was worried that I would fail my English
test. Fortunately, I passed.
fortune n. [U] 運氣
I am glad that I have had the good fortune to
study with such wonderful classmates.
By a stroke of fortune he found work
immediately. (=touch/ Fortune smiled on him.
He made/ spent a fortune in real estate.
fortunate adj. 幸運的 Terry was very fortunate;
he escaped the fire unharmed.
11. grade n. [C] class level in a school 年級
Richard is in eleventh grade, but his youngest
sister is only in third grade.
She got good grades in/ on her exams.
grade vt. 給……評分 (=to give a mark to…)
After our teacher graded all our papers, she
gave them back to us.
grader n. [C] ……年級生
My son is a second grader now, and he has
already learned many Chinese words.
12. reply vi. (reply; replied; replied; replying) to
answer in words or actions 答覆
I asked Jessica to go to my birthday party a
week ago, but she hasn’t replied to me/ my
letter yet.
reply n. [C] 答覆
The company has had thousands of replies to
the advertisement.
I asked what her name was but she made no
reply.// I am writing in reply to your letter of
16 March.
13. yell vi. to shout or say sth very loudly 喊叫
Would you please stop yelling at me? I didn’t
do anything wrong.
The child yelled/ cried out in pain.
yell n. [C] (usually sing.) 叫喊
I heard an angry yell coming from down the
hall, and I wondered what was happening.
Somebody let out/ gave a yell downstairs.
14. disgusting adj. so unpleasant as to shock one
or make one feel sick 噁心的
The smell of dead fish is disgusting.
disgust vt. 使……噁心
Violent movies disgust me. Why can’t filmmakers stop making them?
disgusted adj. 感到噁心的
Jean felt disgusted when Larry told her he
liked to eat bugs.
I was disgusted at/ by the sight.
He walked away in disgust.
Much to my disgust, they refused to help.
15. pause vi. to stop for a short time 暫停 vt.
After talking for half an hour, the speaker
paused for questions.// She paused the DVD
and went to answer the phone.
pause n. [C] 暫停
There was a pause when the principal came
into the classroom.
pause n. [U] 暫停（特別指CD/影片播放的暫停
Jack had to go to the kitchen to get something
so he put the movie on pause/ pressed pause
to stop the tape.
16. realize vt. to suddenly know/ understand sth/
a fact/ situation 領悟
My father told me that he didn’t realize how
important English was for him until he began
to do business with English-speaking people.
Do you realize the seriousness of the crime?
I didn’t realize (that) you were so unhappy.
realization n. [U] (sing.) 領悟
The famous TV actor was shocked by the
realization that his uncle was actually his
father.//As realization dawned, he went pale.
17. fault n. [C,U] a mistake sb has made; a weak
point or flaw 過錯
Instead of always caring about our friends’
faults, we should be more forgiving.
The judge in court decided that Peter was at
fault, for he had caused the accident.
(=be responsible)// Why should I say sorry
when it’s not my fault?
My boss is always finding fault with my work.
(=to look for mistakes in sb/ sth)
18. recall vt. to remember sth from the past
回想起; 記得
Rachael couldn’t recall what had happened
except that she had been hit by a motorcycle.
She could not recall his name.
I can’t recall meeting her before.
The company has recalled all the faulty toys.
Both countries recalled their ambassadors.
(=call back)
I can recall all of my embarrassing moments
in high school.
19. memory n. [C,U] sth one remembers 記憶
The time I spent at my parents’ farm is one of
my most beautiful memories; it will be etched
on my memory/ heart/ mind. (*never forget it.
If one doesn’t review what has been learned
within three days, it will disappear from his
or her memory.//I have a good/ bad memory
for names.(=ability to remember things)
He can recite the whole poem from memory.
The photos bring back lots of good memories.
A service was held in memory of the dead sold
He had to refresh his memory by looking at th
20. carefree adj. having no worries or problems
無憂無慮的
As I am now under pressure to do well in
school, I often recall the carefree days of my
childhood. (=think back to)
lead-free fuel/ stress-free working environment
a hands free car phone/ fat-free milk/ duty-free
(=without)